With the arrival of J.K Rowling’s newest addition to the “Harry Potter” series – the “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” play and accompanying book – comes another opportunity for kids to learn valuable life skills.
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“That’s what’s so extraordinary about this franchise, that the bedlam continues all these years later”, says Daisy Kline, Barnes & Nobles’s vice president of books.
Doing something special to celebrate the release? “And on the day of the launch, loyal Harry Potter fans will be able to enjoy Potter treats like butterbeer, hot cocoa, lightning scar cookies, and sorting hat cupcakes that we have created in partnership with Moshes”. Or why not take a selfie of you and the new book?
The Independent reported the 8th sequel in the HP series beat the 7th, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, as it broke the record for being the most preordered book since 2007 in the United States.
A Marauder’s Map hunt – witches and wizards can take part in a hunt up and down Exeter High Street looking for pictures of Harry Potter Characters and objects.
Those eager to find out what happens in the time-twisting instalment can read the review of 10-year-old Toby L’Estrange, a speed-reading prodigy who has been challenged by Amazon to write the first review of the new Harry Potter story. The book will be released are revving up for midnight release parties where there will be games, quizzes, cauldron cakes and Butterbeer.
The new Harry Potter book is not being sold at the library, but it has been ordered and should be available soon for patrons to borrow, library officials said. The text is actually the rehearsal script for a play by writer Jack Thorne, and focuses on Harry’s youngest son, Albus Severus.
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Last seen as a teenage wizard, Harry is now an overworked civil servant at the Ministry of Magic, while his son Albus is a pupil at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Copies of the book came be pre-ordered at bunchofgrapes.com. North American publisher Scholastic has printed 4.5 million copies, according to Publishers Weekly.
